The movement of wind and water, the heat and light of the sun, the carbohydrates in plants, and the warmth in the Earth—all are energy sources that can supply our needs in a sustainable way. A variety ...
UCS Center for Science and Democracy Director Dr. Jennifer Jones joins Jess to discuss what the second Trump presidency means for science, and what you can do to defend science.
Roughly 9,500 nuclear weapons are hidden away in bunkers and missile siloes, stored in warehouses, at airfields and naval bases, and carried by dozens of submarines across the world. A single warhead ...
As a senior scientist with, director of, and now advisor to the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, Ricardo Salvador has over four decades of experience working with ...
New technologies are redefining how we move around—but are they all positive changes? In 1908, the first affordable, mass-produced automobile rolled off assembly lines: the Ford Model T. Its arrival ...
The energy business is one of the largest industries in the world. Major fossil fuel companies routinely make billion-dollar profits, extracting and distributing oil, gas, and coal. Unfortunately, ...
Rachel Cleetus is the policy director with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She leads the program’s efforts in designing effective and equitable policies to address ...
John Rogers is a senior energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists with expertise in clean energy technologies and policies and a focus on solar, wind, and natural gas. He co-managed the ...
There are no winners in a nuclear war. There are no winners in a nuclear war. The notion that security can be attained through stockpiling more and more nuclear weapons is outdated. But thinking that ...
Adam Markham is deputy director of the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He helps lead UCS efforts to persuade policymakers to rapidly and effectively respond to the ...